Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.098% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% of UK towns
By its share of households in terraced houses (37%), Egremont is above 92% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 5,791 residents and 2,677 households in the town. The share of households in detached houses stands at 15%. One-person households are more common here than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Egremont’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Egremont at 6,600 in 2011 and 6,100 in 2024, down 7%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Egremont has changed by −7%, slower than 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Egremont’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,600 people in 2011; 6,100 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+17%) and 45 to 64 least (−14%).
Half of Egremont is over 45.6, older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Egremont, 45.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 4.4%, a lower share than 72% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Egremont, 25% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 34% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 8.4% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 85% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 25% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns.
In Egremont, 7.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 70% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households without a car or van: 24%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
2.1% born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Egremont has more residents whose main language is English than 96% of UK towns, at 99%. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 21% (England’s towns: 21%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 97% of UK towns: 63%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 98% of Egremont · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 92% of UK towns: 31%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison.
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 80% of UK towns don’t reach
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 37% of the total.
Qualified to degree level: 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 20% of Egremont’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 25% have no qualification (18%).
Of 624 UK towns its size (4,000 to 8,000 people), the 300th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Egremont in age: Tumble (45.5), Crawcrook and Greenside (45.6), Crigglestone and Durkar (45.6) and Clowne (45.6).
Egremont and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egremont | 5,791 | — | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 2.3 mi | 51.2 | 25% | 21% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 2.8 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 4.3 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 4.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 5.4 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Seascale | 1,708 | 6.2 mi | 50 | 27% | 22% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 7.9 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Egremont’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Egremont’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,156 people in 2021, against 5,791 in the built-up area.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Egremont’s residents
What is the population of Egremont?
The 2021 Census counted 5,791 people in Egremont’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,100 people in mid-2024, 7% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Egremont?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Egremont?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Egremont?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Egremont good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Egremont’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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